Advertisement
Advertisement
fief
[ feef ]
noun
- a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- a territory held in fee.
fief
/ fiːf /
noun
- (in feudal Europe) the property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fief1
Example Sentences
The country, they warn, is barreling into a protracted conflict that could lead to anarchy or rival fiefs, like Somalia in the 1990s or Libya after 2011.
He is building it out into a corrupt, theocratic fief across North Dakota and the open expanses of the Upper Midwest.
Disney arguably allowed Mr. Perlmutter to keep a fief long after it made financial sense to do so.
Mr. Monastyrsky, like Mr. Zelensky, took office pledging to root out the corruption that had long bedeviled Ukraine’s government, in particular the interior ministry’s history of operating as a separate political fief.
He has merged fragmentary fiefs inside its asset management division and eliminated antiquated rivalries between different groups of bankers.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse